To work smart rather than hard to gain an efficient and safe yoga practice has become a common phrase yet, it is not always practiced in the way it was meant. And the way it was meant can be a challenge for modern yoga teachers and practitioners who have become obsessed with muscle engaging. However, engaging your muscles focusing on body parts is the reason you keep needing to stretch the same tension over and over. Ancient yogis’ strength came not from the size or firmness of their muscles but from the power of their mind over their body as a whole, over their energy!

Maybe it is time to learn to be strong using brain and bones and stop overworking your muscles. It is a more holistic and efficient approach. And it actually feels easier simply because gravity becomes your ally and you can work out smart instead of hard! The only thing you lose when you embrace this new paradigm is body stiffness, not strength.

You may want to check a humorous black and white 3-minute Rare Jujitsu footage posted by Andi Brooke to see what I mean! It shows a woman in the early nineteen hundred, dressed in her everyday outfit, using some Jujitsu maneuvers to prevent a few staged assaults. Although she is a petite non-muscular bodied woman, she handles this quite well using the strength of her skeleton and whole-body use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj15lvQhoSI

There is a way to practice yoga with this mindset and gain in efficiency and safety while still challenging yourself. If you are interested in learning more about this, sign up for my free or paid events by going to my blog site menu  or click on the following link to attend my FREE LIVE VIDEO WEBINAR: https://offthematyoga.lpages.co/free-live-interactive-webinar-04/